Have we really tried it ? - I had the same argument with
@StevieM a while ago where I was making the excuse for him that when he was getting all those chances that he was missing - on many occasions I don't think he was expecting them to fall to him. We never even under Klopp made him the focal point - but that I mean - he makes that waiting for the through ball or ball over the top to setup him up - I remember him in his first season begging for the ball to be played like that and the likes of Henderson and Co would just pass back or hold onto the ball. Now either the other players were incapable of making those passes is another question but to me it seemed like - No we are not going to play like that where we depend on one player (which I also agree with).
Every missed chance from him no matter how hard or easy - everyone is expecting him to score a goal. This season he is not getting the chances and a lot of that is to do with other players just not passing to him, they always look for Mo, and even Mo is not really helping him - as he is always looking for Gakpo. My worry is that he is the only guy up front who has unreal pace compared to the other forwards and that always helps in restricting the opposition defences back line position, and I am pretty sure every opposition team worries about this guy of ours.
This post is not me saying I want him to stay - I think he is such conundrum that he splits the fans and is a cause for arguments - we are better off without him, but please don't tell me we used him to the best of his strengths because we did not. He is not a system player and I don't think he intelligent enough (game intelligence) to follow any system - he is someone you treat like a dog - where you put the ball in his direction and say "Got fetch and fucking score" - and you keep doing that until he scores.
